Audi R8 LMS GT3Strong performance at the ADAC Racing Weekend: The Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium was well worth the trip for the Audi customer teams. Stefan Wieninger continued his winning streak in the Spezial Tourenwagen Trophy. The entrepreneur from Siegsdorf, who only takes part in this series sporadically, picked up on the fourth race weekend where he left off in the second round in June. Once again, Wieninger remained unbeaten in both races in the Audi R8 LMS from Land-Motorsport. In the first sprint, he opened up a 5.9-second lead over Corvette driver Jürgen Bender. In the second race, he crossed the finish line in the Audi a full 40 seconds ahead of the BMW of Jürgen Alzen/Timo Scheibner, while Berthold Gruhn won Class 2a in another Audi. Together with an overall victory for équipe vitesse at Hockenheim in August, the Audi R8 LMS has now won five of the eight races in the 2024 STT season so far. Christian and Wolfgang Land’s team had another reason to celebrate in the GTC Race series at the same ADAC Racing Weekend event. The Ukrainian driver pairing of Konstantin Gutsul and Ivan Peklin were delighted with their first win of the season in the GT60 powered by Pirelli race format. There was a lot of variety over the course of the 60 minutes of racing: Luca Arnold and Julian Hanses initially battled for the lead, with Jannes Fittje also playing a leading role later on. However, all three Mercedes-AMG cars retired or dropped back for different reasons. This left the way clear on Saturday for the Audi privateers Gutsul and Peklin, who were exactly one second ahead at the end. There was also a trophy in the GTC Race sprint format: in the second competition on Sunday, Ivan Peklin took second place as a solo driver. Teammate Konstantin Gutsul leads the Am classification of the sprint series ahead of the finale at the Nürburgring. The ADAC GT Masters also held its fourth event at Spa. For the first time this season, an Audi customer team achieved a podium result. Jonas Karklys from Lithuania and Swiss driver Pablo Schumm drove the Audi R8 LMS of Liqui Moly Team Engstler by NordVPN to third place in the second race.Audi R8 LMS GT2Two class victories in Spain: Team CD Dago remained the measure of all things in its class at the fourth event of the Campeonato de España de GT. Pablo Yeregui and Daniel Carretero contested the Monteblanco circuit for the first time with the Audi R8 LMS GT2 and won the GPX classification in both races. The Audi privateers have now won their class five times in six individual races. In the second competition of the sports and touring car series, they also made it onto the podium in the overall standings with third place. Yeregui/Carretero now lead the Copa de España GPX by 40 points.Audi R8 LMS GT4Trophy in Belgium: Jürgen Hemker returned from the fourth round of the Spezial Tourenwagen Trophy with silverware. The private driver from the Konrad Motorsport team drove his Audi R8 LMS GT4 to third place in his class in the first sprint at Spa.Audi Sport customer racing500 titles for Audi in customer racing: Richard Boake’s success in Canada marks Audi Sport customer racing’s 500th worldwide title success since 2009. The title victories of the individual model series at a glance: 119 drivers titles and 185 other class victories went to the GT3 version of the Audi R8 LMS. The GT2 version, the youngest of the three GT variants, contributed eight drivers titles and four further class victories to the tally, while the GT4 version achieved 14 drivers titles and 38 further successes. In touring car racing, drivers and teams have won 34 racing series and 98 other subcategories with the Audi RS 3 LMS to date.Coming up next week05–08/09 Donington (GB), round 6, British GT Championship06–08/09 Sepang (MAL), round 4, Thailand Super Series06–08/09 Sachsenring (D), round 6, DTM06–08/09 Barber Motorsports Park (USA), round 7, GT America06–08/09 Imola (I), round 3, Campionato Italiano GT Endurance06–08/09 Imola (I), round 4, TCR Italy06–08/09 Ningbo (CHN), round 4, TCR China Championship06–09/09 Brno (CZ), round 5, TCR Europe07–08/09 Brno (CZ), round 5, TCR Eastern Europe07–08/09 Brno (CZ), round 7, Eset Cup Series07–08/09 Motegi (J), round 4, Super Taikyu Series07–08/09 Ningbo (CHN), round 3, GT Sprint Challenge

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